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LIFE EXPECTANCY UP SHARPLY FOR BABIES; 33 Years Longer Than in 1880, Health Statistics Show

The life expectancy of babies born in New York City today is about thirty-three years longer than in 1880, statistics gleaned from the current issue of the Quarterly Bulletin of the city Health Department revealed yesterday. The tables have been worked out only through 1940 so far, and the 1940 figures refer only to white persons, since data for other races have not yet been abstracted for that year.

November 07, 1943

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